Dancing-clog.



C. D. NEELY.

DANCING CLOG.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 1, 1914.

1,138,684. Patented May 11, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1915.-

Application filed October 7, 1914. Serial No. 865,498.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES D. NEELY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Dancing-Clogs, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of shoes known as dancing clogs,the same being characterized by a sounding device mounted in the heel ofthe shoe and actuated by the movement of the foot in stamping ordancing.

The invention has special reference to the sounding device, and itsobject is to provide a novel and improved structure which will not marthe floor, and which emits a sound on each stroke. This object isattained by means ofa combination and arrangement of parts to behereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view showing theapplication of the invention, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly insection, on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes the heel of the shoe,in the bottom of which is a recess 6 to receive the sounding device.This device is a metal plate 7 having on its inner side a recess 8 whichis closed by a metallic cover plate 9 secured by screws 10 which arecountersunk in the outer face of the plate so as to leave the samesmooth and devoid of projecting parts liable to scratch or mar thefloor. The screws also serve to secure the device in the recess of theheel. In the center of the plate is "an opening 11 and in the recess isloosely mounted a sounding member comprising a disk 13 having on oneside a stud 14 which projects loosely through the opening 11. The depthof the recess is greater than the thickness of the disk, thus leavingthe latter free to be jarred up and down in the recess, and the lengthof the stud is such that when the disk is at rest on the bottom of therecess, said stud projects through the opening a short distancebelow'the outer face of the plate 7. Thus, when the wearer moves thefoot in stamping or dancing, the disk is jarred up and down between thecover plate 9 and the bottom wall of the recess 8, and is sounded uponstriking each of these parts.

The outer end of the stud 14 has its edge roundedv 011, which, .togetherwith the small size of the stud, prevents the latter from catching onthe floor and marring the same. The stud can also pass easily overobstructions or rough places and will not get stuck.

I claim:

1. A sounding'member for dancing clogs comprising a plate having arecess in one side provided with an up or wall, and an opening from saidrecess t rough the other side, and a sounding device loose in therecess, said sounding device being a disk adapted to come in contactwith opposite walls of the recess to produce a sound, the thickness ofthe disk being less than the depth of the recess, and said disk having astud projecting through the opening in the plate and below the same whenthe disk engages the bottom wall of the recess.

2. A sounding member for dancing clogs comprising a plate having arecess in one side, and an opening from said recess through the otherside, a cover plate closing the recess, and a sounding device in therecess, said sounding device comprising a disk which is free to movebetween the cover plate and the bottom wall of the recess, and to comein contact with said parts to produce a sound, said disk having a studprojecting through the aforesaid opening in the first-mentioned plateand below the same when thedisk engages the bottom wall of the recess.

3. A sounding member for dancing clogs comprising a plate having arecess in one side provided with an upper wall, and an opening from saidrecess through the other side, and a sounding device loose inthe recess,said sounding device being a disk, the thickness of which is less thanthe depth of the recess, and which disk is adapted to come in contactwith opposite walls of the recess to produce a sound, said disk having astud projecting through the opening in the plate and below the same whenthe disk engages the bottom wall of. the recess, the outer end of thestud having a "rounded edge. In testimony whereof I aflix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: S. J. LEHRER,

H. G. BATCHELOR.

CHARLES D. NEELIE.

